Cut-Out Player Faces Megapack
Our Cut-Out Faces Megapack is the biggest collection of Football Manager Player Faces available. All players are available in the default cut-out style. When you download our Cut-Out Faces Megapack, you'll receive over 475,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.
- 480,827
- 2025.00 - Released on 29 Oct 2024
Installation Instructions
1. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using Steam on Windows?
Watch this YouTube tutorial video, which should you guide you on the steps you need to follow to install it. Although it is for an older version of FM, the steps are still the same. You need to use Winrar (or a similar program) to extract the downloaded file.
This is what the MP folder should look like for the respective version of FM you're using:
Anything beyond the blue line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
2. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using a Mac OS?
From FM20 onwards, there's been a substantial change to how Mac FM documents are stored. Previously the files would automatically go in the Documents folder here:
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
Now the files will instead appear in the following location:
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows:
Open Finder
Click ‘Go’ from the menubar
Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key
This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 202x -> graphics’ (create the last folder if necessary
Anything beyond this path line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
3. I don’t want to have the megapack in the default user data folder – can I place it elsewhere and how would I do so?
You need to change your user data location. Simple steps on how to do so can be found here.
The above step does not apply if you’re playing on Gamepass, in which case the user data location has to be the default one (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)
It is recommended that the user data location is not placed within the Steam installation folder as this may cause issues.
4. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using Gamepass?
If you're using Gamepass, then you have to use the default user data folder - point 4 above does not and can not apply to you.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you're not a premium member, it is recommended that you download the base megapack via torrent by going to our cut-out megapack download page. After which, you should then download all the update packs released to date and apply them chronologically.
If you're a premium member, just download the most recent complete pack.
If you already have a version of our Cut-Out Faces Megapack installed, then click "Download Latest Changes" and you'll be presented with a list of all the updates we've released since you've last downloaded a file. Simply download any you might have missed, starting with the oldest.
This is what the MP folder should look like:
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
Now the files will instead appear in the following location:
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows:
Open Finder
Click ‘Go’ from the menubar
Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key
This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 202x’
Anything beyond the blue line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
The above step does not apply if you’re playing on Gamepass, in which case the user data location has to be the default one (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)
It is recommended that the user data location is not placed within the Steam installation folder as this may cause issues.
Torrent files need a torrent client to be downloaded. I personally use µTorrent but other common clients are BitTorrent, Vuze and Deluge. For those using torrents for the first time, here is a general walk-through on how to download torrents and a specific guide for µTorrent.
Be aware that it will take a substantial amount of time to download the file due to its sheer size and that other people depend on you hosting the file to get it so please leave your torrent client on after you have fully downloaded it. The etiquette is generally accepted to be to upload as much as you download, although this might not always be possible. The older the torrent file, the less likely it is that there will still be users seeding it.
If done correctly, you should be asked if you want to overwrite files – accept. You should have one folder for faces and another folder for iconfaces, and no sub-folder whatsoever in them.
These steps are to be repeated for every update pack downloaded, and they are to be installed chronologically.
Secondly, for files as large as this, the calculation of the extraction time will be wildly incorrect at the start. After a while, it'll show a more realistic timeframe, which shouldn't be more than an hour or two if you have a good setup and few programs running at the same time.
Try using Google Chrome in incognito mode (or the equivalent mode for other browsers) and you should be able to resume the download from the point it was interrupted, if that happens.
The likelihood is that you've put the iconfaces in the faces folder, or used the wrong config file for each folder. As a result, the smaller images (in 25x18) are being upscaled to be displayed in the person's profile, hence the blurring. Re-install the update pack again, making sure you put the contents of each folder in the right place.
Alternatively, you can download fmXML and generate a config yourself. There's a video on YouTube on how to use it but it's really easy and the instructions are quite straight-forward.
To get them to show, you should individually download the cut-out faces that you want from here (or use the UID to find them in your existing facepack if you don't use the cut-out megapack), put them in a separate folder to your existing facepack and create a config file just for them using the method outlined in here (which works for all facepack styles, not just the cut-out megapack).
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Kieran456
choot49
Hi, just downloaded the latest update but I've just realised there's a couple previous updates I've missed.
Am I ok just to install those prev updates in order and then reinstall the latest one?
mons
Update packs are to be installed in order. So if you've installed 2023.02 and 2023.03, but forgot 2023.01, you should download them all and apply them in order - just to be sure 😉
choot49
Sweet cheers for the quick reply.
mons
They're still in compressed format like that. You need to extract them.
Kieran456
just sorted it cheers mate, 1 or 2 werent extracted
Dotan Klein
After I clicked on the link (I tried both) the download didn't start working, than I clicked on the “if its not downloading click here” link, but the link didn't work and no site popped up.
Thank you in advance.
icedgate
Hi, I don't know why sometimes face pack shows, sometimes doesn't in the game.
mons
Can I have the URL of the page and a screenshot of what you're trying to click?
You need to download and install the real name fix properly, as it will fix player faces not being displayed for players in the French national team.
icedgate
you mean download the whole thing like 9.85 GB and those additional all again?
bakizp
No, he means THIS
Manu Jrz
im sorry but I don't see the torrent link
mons
I've moved your thread to here. Instructions on how to locate and download the torrent file can be found in the FAQ at the top of the page 👍
Haziq98
! F:\Fm21 facepack\sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2023.00.part03.rar: Checksum error in sortitoutsi\faces\91016407.png. The file is corrupt
! F:\Fm21 facepack\sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2023.00.part03.rar: Corrupt header is found
help me fix this thank you
Haziq98
! F:\Fm21 facepack\sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2023.00.part03.rar: Corrupt header is found
! F:\Fm21 facepack\sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2023.00.part03.rar: Main archive header is corrupt
and this too
mons
The file didn't download properly or fully @Haziq98, try downloading it again.
aleske169
First of all, thank you for this amazing work.
I cannot find either the torrent link on the download page. There are only the free mirrors links.
I checked the FAQ but the link takes me to the same page.
Where can I get the torrent file?
mons
I've moved your post to here. Have a look at the FAQs to see if they help you locate the torrent file.
Tumite
I'm having the same problem as them, followed the instructions in the FAQ but got stuck as the torrent link seems to be missing on the download page (see screenshot).
mons
if you navigate to here: https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/1/download/torrent
is this not what you see?
& @aleske169
Tumite
That link works! The problem seems to be that there isn't a link to that specific download page anywhere. I tried going to the download page (/graphics/1/download) → click on “download complete pack” → scroll all the way down to find the torrent link as is described in the FAQ. I'm assuming that's where the page that you linked to (/graphics/1/download/torrent) is supposed to be linked, but there's nothing there unless I'm missing something.
Thanks for the help mate and merry christmas.
mons
On the main download page > https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/style/1/cut-out-player-faces, do you not see it here?
Tumite
Nope, this is what it looks like for me (tried on both Edge and Chrome)
mons
And there's nowhere you can download the torrent further up the page here?
Tumite
No, there's no torrent download to be found, just the regular partitioned download links.
mons
Got that.
Tagging @Footygamer so he can have a look from here on downwards 😉
Dotan Klein
https://sortitoutsi.net/media/split/1
https://sortitoutsi.net/media/mirror/75398
Footygamer
Sorry the torrent link is back now. This was an accident when I updated the page the other day.
Smidgey87
I've probably done something dim on my end but since updating the graphics pack I seem to have lost all the faces for my lower league save. Been playing as Leatherhead from tier 8 and nearly my entire squad had faces. After updating I now only have 1 player in my squad with a face (an updated version from the previous pack). I've tried reinstalling the full pack but no luck.
Folder structure is My Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 23/Graphics/Faces with 378,396 items included
Anything I've likely done by mistake?
EDIT: Nvm, fixed it, one of the updates had gone into an erroneous faces folder elsewhere and the game was reading that rather than the main one
Ryan Surtees
Can anyone help, followed the instructions to the tee twice now and when I try to load the game I'm stuck on the changing skin for over half an hour both times